DEC Decision Notice

Kelly Lewthwaite Building Design 23 Market Street Douglas IM1 2PA

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1999 The Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure)(No 2) Order 2013

In pursuance of powers granted under the above Act and Order the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture determined to APPROVE an application by Mr Thomas & Mrs Karen Kirby, Ref 19/01223/B, for the Conversion from office to restaurant (Class 3) and a self-contained residential unit (alterations to approved PA 19/00690/B) at Harbour Mews Off Parliament Square Castletown Isle Of Man IM9 1LA and subject to compliance with the following condition(s) and notes (if any):

• 1. The development hereby approved shall be begun before the expiration of four years from the date of this decision notice.

Reason: To comply with article 14 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure) (No2) Order 2013 and to avoid the accumulation of unimplemented planning approvals.

• 2. The outdoor courtyard area may not be used for the consumption of food and drink after 2200hrs or before 0800hrs in any day. Reason: to safeguard the impact on the living conditions of those in adjacent dwellings.
• 3. Prior to the undertaking of the lime wash on the western elevation, a sample panel of 1m square should be so treated and must be approved by the Department before any other lime washing is undertaken and the remainder of the work undertaken in accordance with the approved sample panel and retained as such thereafter.

Reason: to ensure that the works are appropriate for the Conservation Area in which the property sits. This decision relates to drawings 1, 2K, 3, 4, 5A and 6A all received on 4th November, 2019. Date of Issue: 6th January 2020

Director of Planning and

Building Control

Guidance Note

This decision was made by the Director of Planning and Building Control in accordance with the authority delegated to them.

All correspondence which led to the assessment and decision is available to view on the Government’s website (via Online Services) or at the Department’s offices Murray House, Mount Havelock, Douglas.

www.gov.im/Viewapplications This decision refers only to that applied for under the The Town and Country Planning (Development Procedure)(No 2) Order 2013. Any appeal against this decision must be in accordance with the criteria set down in that instrument.

Specifically, a valid appeal must be in writing, signed by the appellant, and submitted to the Department within 21 days of the date of this Notice. To further validate the appeal it must contain:

•  Payment of a planning appeal fee as prescribed in the current Fees Order;
•  The reasons for making the appeal; and
•  An election to have the appeal conducted by means of an inquiry (a hearing) or by means of written representation.

An appeal form and guidance notes are available from either Planning & Building Control, Tel 685950, or to download from the Department’s website www.gov.im/planningappeal

If no appeal is lodged within 21 days of the date of issue overleaf, and this decision becomes final, the Department’s public reference copy (counter copy) of the planning application may be collected by the applicant or their agent from Murray House.

PleasenotethatifthecountercopyoftheapplicationisnotcollectedwithinTHIRTY DAYS following the last date on which a planning appeal can be made it will be destroyedwithoutfurthernotice.